Judicious, P. L. viii. 591. chuses with prudence and skill K To kennel, P. L. ii. 658. to lie, to dwell Kercheft, P. dressed, hooded; from kerchef, a head dress; French, couvre-chef Kirtle, P. a woman's gown Knee-tribute, P. L. v. 782. genuflection, worship or obeisance shown by kneeling L Lair, P. L. vii. 457. the couch or bed of a boar or wild beast L'Allegro, P. the cheerful merry man Larbord, P. L. ii. 1019. the left-hand side of a ship, when you stand with your face to the head Lares, P. household gods Lazar-house, P. L. xi. 479. a house for the recep tion of the diseased; an hospital Lea, P. ground inclosed, not open; pastures, or corn fields Lea or Lee shore, P. L. i. 207. it is that on which the wind blows. To be under the Lee, is to be close under the weather-shore Leer, P. L. iv. 503. an oblique view Lemures, P. night-spirits, hobgoblins Lenient, S. A. 659. assuasive, softening, mitigating Less, P. L. ix. 320. for too little Leviathan, P. L. i. 201. a water-animal described in the book of Job, by some imagined to be the crocodile, but in poetry generally taken for the whale Libbard, P. L. vii. 467. a leopard, a spotted beast of prey Libecchio, P. L. x. 706. the south-west wind Limitary, P. L. iv. 971. placed at the boundaries as a guard or superintendant; set to guard the bounds Lithe, P. L. iv. 347. limber, pliant, flexible, easily bent Longitude, P. L. iv. 539. length or distance; the sun's course from east to west iu a straight and direct line, P. L. vii. 373 Lore, lesson, instruction Lubbar, P. a sturdy drone'; an idle, fat, bulky losel; a booby M Madrigal, P.a pastoral song Magnetic, P. L. iii. 583. attractive, having the power to draw things distant To manure, P. L. iv. 628. to cultivate by manual labour Marasmus, P. L. xi. 487. a kind of consumption, accompanied with a fever, wasting the body by degrees Marish, P. L. xii. 630. an old word for marsh a bog, a fen Marle, P. L. i. 296. a kind of clay used for fatten ing land To may, P. to gather flowers on a May morning Meath, P. L. v. 345. sweet drink like mead Meed, .P. reward, recompense Mellifluous, P. L. v. 429. flowing with honey with sweetness Memory, reminiscence, recollection, P. L. iv. 24. time of knowledge, P. L. vii. 66, 637 Mickle, P. much, great. An obsolete word Midriff, P. L. xi. 445. the diaphragm, a nervous muscle separating the breast from the belly Mimic, S. A. 1325. a ludicrous imitator. This is mimirs in all the editions, though the table of errata to the first edition directs to read mimics Mimic, P. L. v. 110. imitative, befitting a mimic Minum, P. L. vii. 482. a small being, a dwarf Mintage, P. that which is coined or stamped Miscreated, P. L. ii. 683. formed unnaturally or illegitimately; made as by a blunder of Na ture Misery, P. L. ix. 12. xi. 476. sickness, disease, and all sort of mortal pains To mix, P. L. ii. 69. to fill with Mold, P. L. ii. 355. vi. 576. substance Moment, P. L. vi. 239. x. 45. force, impulsive MILTON. VOL. IV. weight, actuating power. It is the weight that turns the balance To moor, P. L. i. 207. to be fixed, to be stationed. It is the laying out of anchors in a proper place for the secure riding of a ship. Tomope, P. L. xi. 485. to be stupid; to drowse; to be spiritless, inactive, and inattentive; to be stupid and delirious. Morrice, P. a dance in which bells are jingled, or staves or swords clashed. Mosaic, P. L. iv. 700. a kind of painting in small pebbles, cockles, and shells of sundry colours Mound, P. L. iv. 134. any thing raised to fortify or defend, a bank of earth and stone Mummer, S. A. 1325. a masker, one who performs antics in a personated dress Murky, P. L. x. 280. dark, cloudy, tainted, wanting light Murren, P. L. xii. 179. the plague in cattle Mysterious, including a hidden meaning in it, inaccessible to the understanding, awfully obscure N Naphtha, P. L. i. 729. a very pure, clear, and thin mineral fluid, of a very pale yellow, with a cast of brown in it. It is of so unctuous and fiery a nature, that it kindles at approaching the fire or the sun-beams Nard, P. L. v. 293. spikenard Navel, P. the middle, the interior part To need, P. L. x. 80. S. A. 1554. to be wanting Nepenthes, P. a drug that drives away all pains Night, P. L. v. 93. for the visions and dreams fre quent in it Nocent, P. L. ix. 186. hurtful, mischievous To oblige, P. L. ix. 980. to render obnoxious to guilt or punishment. It is used in the large sense of the Latin obligo Of, P. L. iv. 411. for among Offal, P. L. x. 633, carrion, coarse meat Omnific, P. L. vii. 217. all-creating Ooze, P. L. vii. 303. soft mud, mire at the bottom of water, slime Opal, P. L. ii. 1049. a precious stone of diverse colours, partaking of the carbuncle's faint fire, the amethyst's bright purple, and the emerald's cheering green Opiate, P. L. xi. 133. soporiferous, somniferous, narcotic, causing sleep Orc, P. L. xi. 835. a large kind of sea-beast |